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Derivatives
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivatives

12. DERIVATIVES

The Company has entered into fixed swap contracts and costless collar contracts. These instruments are intended to reduce the Company’s exposure to short-term fluctuations in the price of natural gas and oil. Collar contracts set a fixed floor price and a fixed ceiling price and provide payments to the Company if the index price falls below the floor or require payments by the Company if the index price rises above the ceiling. Fixed swap contracts set a fixed price and provide payments to the Company if the index price is below the fixed price or require payments by the Company if the index price is above the fixed price. These contracts cover only a portion of the Company’s natural gas and oil production, provide only partial price protection against declines in natural gas and oil prices and may limit the benefit of future increases in prices.

On September 2, 2021, the Company settled all of its derivative contracts consisting of both swaps and costless collars with BOKF by paying $8.8 million.  On September 3, 2021, the Company entered into new derivative contracts with BP Energy Company

(“BP”) that had similar terms to the contracts settled with BOKF and received a payment of $8.8 million from BP.  The new derivative contracts consist of all fixed swap contracts and are secured under the Company’s Credit Facility with Independent Bank. Management concluded that the financing element of the new derivative contracts with BP was other than insignificant due to the off-market terms of the fixed swap price.  Due to the financing element, the Company is required to report all cash flows associated with these derivative contracts as “cash flows from financing activities” in the statement of cash flows.  This requirement relates to all cash flows from the derivative and not just the portion of the cash flows relating to the financing element of the derivative. The derivative instruments have settled or will settle based on the terms below.

Derivative contracts in place as of September 30, 2021

 

Fiscal period

 

Contract total volume

 

Index

 

Contract average price

Natural gas fixed price swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

3,869,000 Mmbtu

 

NYMEX Henry Hub

 

$2.91

2023

 

1,100,000 Mmbtu

 

NYMEX Henry Hub

 

$3.07

Oil fixed price swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

138,000 Bbls

 

NYMEX WTI

 

$44.25

2023

 

30,000 Bbls

 

NYMEX WTI

 

$46.23

 

The Company’s fair value of derivative contracts was a net liability of $13,784,467 as of September 30, 2021, and a net liability of $707,647 as of September 30, 2020. Realized and unrealized gains and (losses) are recorded in gains (losses) on derivative contracts on the Company’s Statement of Operations. Cash receipts in the following table reflect the gain or loss on derivative contracts which settled during the respective periods, and the non-cash gain or loss reflect the change in fair value of derivative contracts as of the end of the respective periods. The $8.8 million in cash received from BP is a cash flow from a financing activity and is excluded from the table below.

 

For the Year Ended September 30,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Cash received (paid) on settled derivative contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Natural gas costless collars

$

(4,271,467

)

 

$

28,510

 

 

$

(191,200

)

    Natural gas fixed price swaps

 

(1,862,801

)

 

 

1,687,600

 

 

 

817,160

 

    Oil costless collars

 

(2,047,098

)

 

 

1,011,472

 

 

 

(169,256

)

    Oil fixed price swaps

 

(3,744,303

)

 

 

1,381,628

 

 

 

(259,719

)

Cash received (paid) on settled derivative contracts, net

$

(11,925,669

)

 

$

4,109,210

 

 

$

196,985

 

Non-cash gain (loss) on derivative contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Natural gas costless collars

$

706,015

 

 

$

(706,015

)

 

$

10,453

 

    Natural gas fixed price swaps

 

(3,624,108

)

 

 

(1,535,122

)

 

 

1,350,909

 

    Oil costless collars

 

(63,169

)

 

 

(538,022

)

 

 

1,687,685

 

    Oil fixed price swaps

 

(1,295,558

)

 

 

(422,632

)

 

 

2,859,113

 

      Non-cash gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net

$

(4,276,820

)

 

$

(3,201,791

)

 

$

5,908,160

 

Gains (losses) on derivative contracts, net

$

(16,202,489

)

 

$

907,419

 

 

$

6,105,145

 

 

The fair value amounts recognized for the Company’s derivative contracts executed with the same counterparty under a master netting arrangement may be offset. The Company has the choice to offset or not, but that choice must be applied consistently. A master netting arrangement exists if the reporting entity has multiple contracts with a single counterparty that are subject to a contractual agreement that provides for the net settlement of all contracts through a single payment in a single currency in the event of default on, or termination of, any one contract. Offsetting the fair values recognized for the derivative contracts outstanding with a single counterparty results in the net fair value of the transactions being reported as an asset or a liability in the balance sheets. The following table summarizes and reconciles the Company's derivative contracts’ fair values at a gross level back to net fair value presentation on the Company's balance sheets at September 30, 2021, and September 30, 2020. The Company has offset all amounts subject to master netting agreements in the Company's balance sheets at September 30, 2021, and September 30, 2020.

 

 

 

9/30/2021

 

 

9/30/2020

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

Commodity Contracts

 

 

Commodity Contracts

 

 

 

Current  Assets

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

Non-Current

Liabilities

 

 

Current  Assets

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

Non-Current

Liabilities

 

Gross amounts recognized

 

$

17,395

 

 

$

12,105,383

 

 

$

1,696,479

 

 

$

864,466

 

 

$

1,146,408

 

 

$

425,705

 

Offsetting adjustments

 

 

(17,395

)

 

 

(17,395

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(864,466

)

 

 

(864,466

)

 

 

-

 

Net presentation on Balance Sheets

 

$

-

 

 

$

12,087,988

 

 

$

1,696,479

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

281,942

 

 

$

425,705

 

 

The fair value of derivative assets and derivative liabilities is adjusted for credit risk. The impact of credit risk was immaterial for all periods presented.